C.K. Gandhirajan

Dr. C.K. Gandhirajan IPS PPMG, PPM
Awards	President’s Police Medal for Gallantry, President’s Medal for Meritorious Service.

C.K. Gandhirajan
Additional Director General of Police - Enforcement , Tamil Nadu
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2010
Inspector General of Police - Headquarters , Tamil Nadu
In office 2008–2010
Commissioner of Police, Coimbatore City, Tamil Nadu
In office 2007–2008
Inspector General of Police, Intelligence
In office 2006–2007
Personal details
Born	Thiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	Indian
Spouse(s)	Revathi Gandhirajan
Children	Divya Deepak
Alma mater	University of Madras, Chennai (B.Sc) University of Madras, Chennai (M.Sc) University of Madras, Chennai (Ph.D) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy , Hyderabad (IPS)
Military service
Service/branch	Indian Police Service
Rank	Additional Director General of Police

Dr. C.K. Gandhirajan is an Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer^[1] of the 1985 batch belonging to the Tamil NaduCadre. Hailing from Thiruvallur District, he serves as the Additional Director General of Police, Enforcement, Tamil Nadu. He obtained a Ph.D.^[2] in Criminology from the University of Madras. He is an author of two books, Organized Crime and Inside Prisons.

Early life and education

C.K. Gandhirajan did his schooling in the Thiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu. He majored in Chemistry from the University of Madras. He holds a doctorate for his thesis on "organized crime" from the University of Madras. He is interested in subjects like Community Policing, Organized Crime, Juvenile Delinquency and Police Training.

Career

C.K. Gandhirajan joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) as a member of the 1985 batch. He did his training at the National Police Academy, Hyderabad. After serving as Assistant Superintendent of Police, he was promoted to the rank of Superintendent of Police in 1989 and has served in Dharmapuri, Erode, and Chengalpattu East Districts. He was appointed as the Deputy Commissioner of Police in the Washermanpet area of Chennai. In 1999, he was promoted to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police and served in the Chennai Range, Armed Police, Training and Railways. He was promoted to the rank of Inspector General of Police on 22 October 2005 and served in Operations^[3] and Intelligence^[4] before being posted as The Commissioner of Police,^[5] Coimbatore City. He is currently the Additional Director General of Police, Enforcement^[6] Tamil Nadu.

Ranks held

Indian Police Service

Insignia	Rank	Date
	Additional Director General of Police – ADGP	1 November 2010[7]
	Inspector General of Police – IGP	22 October 2005[8]
	Deputy Inspector General of Police – DIG	April, 1999
	Superintendent of Police– SP	June, 1989

Awards and honours

• As Superintendent of Police, Gandhirajan was awarded the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG)for an encounter with a crimilan in Chennai in 2000.^[9] The medal is equivalent to the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) which is awarded to police officers in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth of Nations, for gallantry.
• As Additional Director General of Police, Gandhirajan was awarded the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service (PPM) on 28 August 2013^[10]

Teaching and training experience

1. He has organized training programs and delivered several lectures on Organized Crime, Community Policing, Computer Crimes and Juvenile Delinquency at the Police Training College in Chennai to Police Officers across various levels.
2. He is also a guest faculty for M.A. Criminology at the Madras University.
3. A detailed study has been conducted on criminal gangs in Chennai City for thesis research in the Department of Criminology University of Madras. The study deals with notorious organized criminal gangs. This study concentrated on organizational structure^[11] of the gangs, their modus operandi and the socio-economic condition of the members of these gangs

Thesis submitted

1. In the 26th All India Criminology Conference held at University of Madras in December 2002, he participated and presented a paper on the Empirical Study on Organized Crime.
2. Participated and presented a paper on Crime Risk Reduction: Multi-Dimensional Approach at a National Seminar on Crime Prevention organized by the Indian Society of Criminology at Madras University on 10 September 2002.
3. Participated and presented a paper on Crime Prevention^[12] at a seminar organized by the Institute of Criminological Research Education and Services on 30 October 1999 at Jaya College of Arts and Science at Chennai.
4. As a member of the Organizing Committee, he organized an All India Criminology Conference at the Madras University in collaboration with the Indian Society of Criminology from 26 to 28 December 2002

Bibliography

He is the author of two books, Organized Crime and Inside Prisons.

1. Organized Crime was published by A.P.H. Publishing Corporation, New Delhi, in 2003. The book has a foreword written by the Retired Director General of Police, V. R. Lakshmi Narayanan. The book was reviewed in The Hindu on 23 December 2003.^[13]
2. Inside Prisons^[14] was published by Manimekhalai Prasuram, T.Nagar, Chennai in 2007. The book has a foreword by Former Supreme Court Justice, V.R. Krishna Iyer who writes that the book "has made a substantial contribution to penalogical practice and literature."

Publications

• Mapping Criminal Gangs in Chennai City: Indian Journal of Criminology, Volume 30, January and July, 2002 Nos. 1 & 2.
• Literature on Organized Crime in the CID Review, Vol. II, June 2002 Issue 6.
• Public Participation in Crime Prevention in the CID, Review Vol. II October 2002 Issue 10.
• Journey to Crime: Spatial Behaviors of Criminal Gangs in Chennai City – 'Indian Police Journal', Volume. 3 July to September 2003 Edition.

References

1. "About TNpolice". tnpolice.gov.in. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
2. "Chennai cops hit the books". TimesofIndia. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
3. "Gandhirajan new IGP". The Hindu. 23 October 2005. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
4. "Intelligence chief inspects Mandapam". The Hindu. 19 July 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
5. "Trouble free shifting of residence". The Hindu. 5 May 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
6. "Prohibition cases on the rise". The TimesofIndia. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
7. "Five IG’s promoted as ADGP". TimesofIndia. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
8. "The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Gandhirajan new IGP". hindu.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
9. "Medal list". TN Police. 23 October 2005.
10. "second-string 3 TN cops bag President’s Medal, 21 in merit award list". TheHindu. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
11. "Bootleggers being funded". The Hindu. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
12. "TN mercenaries fight Mumbai’s gang wars | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dnaindia.com. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
13. Contours of crime, The Hindu 23 December 2003, retrieved 7 April 2014.
14. "Inside prisons book launch". The Hindu. 27 May 2007. Retrieved 6 April 2014.